Out of the three Track books released, I think Sunny is my fave. I love his “weird” dance vibe and his voice throughout the novel. I can see him being a kiddo in my class.

One of my absolute favorite audiobooks. Guy Lockard is an outstanding narrator and I was thrilled to find out this is an award-winning audiobook! I will definitely reread.

Poor Sunny! This book had me yearning to give this boy the biggest hug. Between the death of his mother when he was born, not going to school with other kids his own age, his father who doesn’t show any concern for his well-being it was just too much. I was happy that Sunny found dance and discus, as well as his voice.

I LOVED this one so much. My favorite of the series so far— DO IT ON AUDIO!! Sunny is such a fun character and I loved getting to know him and his dad and how he fits with the rest of the newbies.

Dear Sunny, I knew you were going to give me all the feels but I completely underestimated just how much. Sunny you made me laugh, you made me hurt, you made me cheer, you made me cry.

Dear Sunny, I thought going into this that I would hate your dad. How dare he make you call him Darryl. How dare he make you run. How dare he! But oh I didn't understand the grief involved.

Dear Sunny, you are a quirky, weird (as proclaimed by Mr. Reynolds himself) little kid and I couldn't love you more.

Breaking pattern with the other books in the track series thus far, sunny is written in a series of diary entries. This works particularly well because Sonny is a quiet character who is learning both how to speak up for himself end to be himself. I listen to the audiobook as I have been listening to all the audio books in this series and I particularly enjoyed the readers performance. It is the same reader as ghost but he brings a different personality and character to this title. He let Sonny be the weirdo that is but never played it as a completely humorous book instead really getting down to the humanity of the character. There were moments where the narrator had this slight waiver in his voice that ended up being very heartbreaking especially in context. Another solid entry.

Sunny is the third book in Jason Reynolds’ Track series. Sunny is a sweet, if not aloof kid in the first two books. In his story, we see a boy whose birthday has never been celebrated because his mother died giving birth. He calls his father by his first name and they sit in silence doing puzzles, eating, and just existing. Sunny uses his journal to express what he can’t say out loud. Reynolds has created such a Quirky voice with Sunny.
As each of its predecessors, the reader learns about the heartbreaks and failures felt by this character.

Borrowed audiobook from local e-library. Listened to on 12/24 while x-stitching.

Highly recommend listening to Sunny's unique POV narrative. There's no way my internal reading voice would've done Sunny justice. To borrow a cliqued phrase, he marches to the beat of his own drum.

For instance, everything has a sound. And he dances all the time.

He's very in his head, being home-schooled with a private tutor and small social circle. It's Darryl/Dad and The Defenders.

The letter he wrote to his mom is heartbreaking. The breakthrough with his dad is great. The Defenders support & love are amazing.

I can't wait to finish these series off with Lu.


Also, highly recommend looking into the Baraka film Sunny goes to see if you don't know about it. I certainly didn't and it helped me understand him better.

I was looking forward to reading Sunny's story since he was such an enjoyable secondary character in the previous two books of the series, but finished this a little underwhelmed. Although there are intriguing topics that are grappled with, the book's structure as a series of diary entries is an odd one that doesn't quite pay off.